Try taking public comment from more than 700 speakers. That's how many have signed up to address the Fish and Game Commission in San Diego this morning on implementation of the Marine Life Protection Act.
Wow. Commission Chairman Jim Kellogg just warned the audience that the fire marshal might have something to say about the crowd at the meeting at the Four Points hotel.
The meeting is one of the last chances for the public to comment on a controversial plan to halt or limit fishing -- with the intent of protecting habitat and ecosystems -- in nearly 400 square miles of ocean off Southern California. Locally, proposed marine protected areas off the Palos Verdes Peninsula have been a serious point of contention between fishermen and environmentalists.
The commission is set to take public comment on the plan today. Kellogg said -- if there are still speakers waiting when the meeting is shut down at 6 p.m. -- public comment may be continued into tomorrow's meeting.
A decision on the regulations and a related environmental impact report is set for mid-December.
You can watch the meeting online.
Wow. Commission Chairman Jim Kellogg just warned the audience that the fire marshal might have something to say about the crowd at the meeting at the Four Points hotel.
The meeting is one of the last chances for the public to comment on a controversial plan to halt or limit fishing -- with the intent of protecting habitat and ecosystems -- in nearly 400 square miles of ocean off Southern California. Locally, proposed marine protected areas off the Palos Verdes Peninsula have been a serious point of contention between fishermen and environmentalists.
The commission is set to take public comment on the plan today. Kellogg said -- if there are still speakers waiting when the meeting is shut down at 6 p.m. -- public comment may be continued into tomorrow's meeting.
A decision on the regulations and a related environmental impact report is set for mid-December.
You can watch the meeting online.
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